The Elven Elder, who had accompanied him here, finaly introduced himself, when Rex said he must hace missed the mans name, and he indeed had, since the man had introduced himself then they arrived at Rex's residence to hand over Leifia. Orion invited him to breakfast, and Rex somewhat reluctantly agreed, on the condition he would not be annoyed with the presence of countless family members bugging him and interupting his meal.
"Dont think too much of it. Its just that there is no way anyone could reliably provide an equal level of quality when it comes to breakfast, when comparing it to what we have back home." And seeing the light frown on the elfs face Rex elaborated "You must have heard there is quite the supply of earth grade meat in Blythe, right?" to which the elven elder noded, as he had indeed recieved such info. And while the supply was there, it did not mean just anyone could buy it.
"I have unlimited acsess to said supply, so we are having at nothing less than that level of meals, and my cheff happens to be a wolf girl." And those words brought an understanding to the Orion. The mage had the best ingridients and one of the best possible innate species for the cooking as his cheff. To put it bluntly, he was used the absolute best when it came to gastronomic pleasures, and while their food was of high quality and prepeared by true masters, there were things skill alone could not surpass. No matter how skillfull, every ingridient was unique, and had to be prepeared as such, and those absolutely minimalistic differences could not be percieved by just anyone. It was precisely why Rex had asked brogni to contact whomever provided Aisha, to inquire if he had any other wolfgirls trained or being trained, since Rex could have Aisha finish their training regarding the cooking, and there was no need to train their obidience to perfection, since his brands would cover that.
The elder however was experienced and was a rather good judge of character, so he had somewhat anticipated Rex preferances
"Please follow me. I had asumed you might have a request of similar nature, so there has already been prepared a seperate dining room where you could enjoy your meal together with your companions."
"Good." Rex nodded approvingly, quite pleased with the perceptiveness of the man. Once they reached the dining room, Orion ordered the few maids on standby to bring in the prepeared food. Rex did have quite a bit of Aishas cooking stockpiled in one of the rings, and he and the twins already had a filling heaven grade breakfast as per their custom. Still. once Rex was sure no suspicious energy emanated from the meal , he had a very light snack along the twins. He had to remain without tea prepared my Millie or Izumi herself, sicne the older kitsune had taken a liking to spoiling Rex with her own skills. She was a master as well as a direct descendant of one of the noble clans of the kitsune.
Once th breakfast was done with, Rex was led to a rather large room where quitea few men prepeared for a battle were waiting. Rex evaluated the people present and did not find anyone of interest. Sure, there were mages along the people present, but none was strong enough to evoke any sort of interest in the man. Rex kept a notable distance from the gathered group, and Orion excused himself as he whent to look for the leader of the subjugation force to inform of their readiness to begin.
Whne he returned he was accompanied by another, notably younger elf in quite fancy and well decorated armor.
"Prince Typhon here is the leader of the party" spoke Orion once the two elves were close enough to Rex. The young elf made a small nod, believeing that to be enough acknowledgement for the person before him. The elf was aware that Rex had arrived just yesterday so he asked
"How much time do you need to set up the ritual site for the branding?"
"I am perfectly ready, and we can begin whenever you so desire. Do note that if the target you are hunting for is above peak A class, no branding will take place, since that is the cap that has been negotiated." and seeing the young commander still staring at him Rex added with his hands gesturing as well "Shooo, off you go. I dont have time to waste. Capture it so I can do my part and return home." The young elf scowled, turned around and left, signaling to the gathered men to ste out.
"Was it necesarry to act so direct?" Orion asked in a defeated tone, already expecting the arrogance of the youngster to bet the better of him in some way, shape or form.
"Unfortunately yes. He seemed to believe himself my better. And while he has barely reached the S class, it is still not enough to have worth in my eyes. Unlike you, who had shown enough wisdom and patience, he needs a lesson in humility for him to grow further." And with that said, the four people followed the group of hunters on their way to the location of the beast Rex had to tame. A few hours later, they finaly managed to track it down. It was high A class entity. It looked like a deer with a moss like mane around its neck and a few branch like growths coming out from his back, making it look like the creature had a miniature forrest on its back.
It took the party of elves another hour or so to corner and exaust the creature. Once it was slumped on the ground, unable to escape anymore Rex approached its location. Then he walked up to the creature, touched its head and activaved the spell of branding. Very soon the creature was under Rex command, and with that Rex told Orion to get some of the mages to restore the energy of the beast, so they could quickly return. He had no interest or desire to remain here, since many of his girls were waiting for his return. And to his question regarding the master of the beast, Orion informed it should be transferred to their ruler. Rex just shrugged and told him to lead the way once he beast was rested enough to travel freely.
They spen another hour or so to return to the city they had departed, and once Rex was at the same place he spnt the night in, Orion hefl oce again, to arrange for the ruler to be present so the creature could be transferred over to them, and Rex could recieve his promissed rewards. Twins, being the succubi, became slightly mischievous, trying to entice Rex to have some fun while they were waiting. Orion had informed them it would take no less than an hour to prepeare everything, so , having the time to spare, Rex indulged in the twins provocation. He did bring out the big guns, and whith his energy manipulation, the twins were exausted adn happy in less than thirty minutes. Another twenty minutes later, once they were done with the bath to freshen themselves they moved to the living room and relaxed on one of the sofas while they waited for the final part of their deal with the elves.
It did not take long once the hour had gone by for Orion to arrive once again, this time accompanied by a few more men and women. The elves had seen the Callion deer Rex had branded obediently waiting outside the building. The man with the most fancy clothes was standing in the middle of the group, some sort of wooden crown inlaid with expensive looking gems adorned the blone head of his, hiving a slightly more regal aura to the man.
"The king yes" Rex asked as he stood up and turned to the man with the crown.
"Yes, he is the ruler of the Silvermist elves" spoke Orion, but before he could lay down the titles and whatnot of their ruler Rex continiued "We both are bussy, so lets get it done and return to our own matters." He saw the interest in the kings gaze as he saw the twins, and he was not in the mood for regicide right now. So he was willing to let the king live by taking away his ability to do something stupid. He also could infer where did the arrogance and lack of awareness came from in the younger royals of this clan.
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As he left the building twins were right behind him, and soon after the elves joined him outside, where the Callion deer was waiting.
"The payment." Rex spoke as he bent his hand in ninety degrees, his elbow resting against his hip. Recieving the nod from his ruler, Orion brought over a space ring to Rex. Once he had checked its content was as agreed beforehand, Rex waived his hand and the brand on the deers forehead glowed.
"A drop of blood in the middle of the brand." Rex spoke and the king approached the beast, pricked his finger and a drop of his blood fell on the glowing brand. Then the center piece of the brand changed, no longer mostly emplty. It now had a complicacted rune ranking. Then the brand dimmed down, eventually dissapearing from the sight.
"Congratuations on your personal Callion deer. Since we are done it, is high time I return. Orion, will you lead the way, or do we return by ourselves?" As the king was testing his ownership over the beast, giving it a few simple commands, that were executed to the best of the beasts abilities, Orion was interacting with Rex.
"It would be wrong to not escort you, so please allow me." Orion spoke as he gestured Rex in the dirrection of the larger road just outside the courtyard of the small but cozy property. As they were leaving one of the extras who had arrived with the king spoke
"I wonder if the sir might be interested in an exchange of goods?" Rex had noticed the same person among the arrogant lordlings he ignored on the day they arrived in the Silvermist capital through the gate. The greed was apparent when the lustfull youngster was looking at the twins, but Rex was not enraged just yet. While insolent, looking alone was not quite enough to move him to end the offenders life , so without turning back, or stopping he replied.
"Not interested." And kept going. Rex was at least pleased the king had quelled and hid any momentary interest that had risen in his eyes for the twins. A testament to the mans ability, since he had managed to remain asa the ruler for a few centuries, if what Orion said was right. Undoubtedly the way Rex branded the beast was explained to the king, ensuring he was aware of the stupidity in offending the mage. He did not stop the child of his however, since Rex had implied that he would kill the offenders dirrectly, and not blame the clan if it did not aid in the actions of said offender. This also served as a test to his children, who, he had slowly come to understand, were too arrogant and uneducated. He would have to revise the way the succesion wars and develop[ment of the youngsters would be conducted in the future.
Not willing to lose the opportunity before him and letting his desire rule over caution the lordling spoke further
"How about a wager then? Surely sir mage would be interested in a small game?"
"There is nothing you have thats worthy to wager. So reign in that greed and lust for something you cant have. You will live longer that way." Were the last words Rex spoke as teh twins were already in the carriage. He followed inside, and then Orion also entered, where he apologized to Rex for the stupidity and audacity of the young elf. Rex just chuckled, easing teh old elf
"Your king was not taking any action to reprimand his son. Do you know why?" he then asked the old elf, understanding blooming on the aged face
"Seeing the worth of said son, while allowing you to deal with it as you deem approprioate, since the yongster had failed as a noble in his duty to elevate the clan, and you had stated that individuals take responsibility for their own actions if the clan was not assisting." And Rex nodded to the mans analasis.
Rex was home in a few more hours and he spent the rest of the day with his girls. he estimated he had a few more days before the next gate or Ven Hersts slaves for branding would arrive, so once he had his fair late snack, consisting of a protein shake in the elf style, he retired to his basement chamber. He would finaly elevate an affinity of his, with the usage of the potion he recieved from his trade with Ven Hersts. His girls were informed, and so he pilled out the vial, and then spent a few minutes examining the liquid, noting down and and all energy mingling that happened in said liquid. If he could note teh unique structure, which he had just done, he could recognize other similar compounds to it. He was sure there must exist the same sequence in nature, or one very close to it, and that could become another avenue of business he could pursue, if he ever gets bored or something.
Finaly, he uncorked the vial and downed the liquid. As soon as the liquid entered his troat, it evaporated and drew him into a sort of a trance. He could sense all the different elements of the world, both physical and ethereal within his grasp. All he had to do was extend his hand witha singular though and pull his chosen element toward himself. He had considered many possible elements that could assist him in his endeavour to become stronger. And he had come to a conclusion. He focused his entire being on a singular element, every paralel though process he could emply and the entire strenght of his soul, all converged on a single thought as he pulled.
Space. His entire being, his soul was enveloped within the law, adding marks related to it, giving Rex an instinctual understanding and familiarity with the concept. Just like with soul magic, he could now start developing his own blend of spells employing the laws of space. His enourmous soulpower had allowed him to reach an unreasonable proficiency in the law, something one would consider impossible. But to be honest, soul was a concept barely anyone ahd any answers about and only blood mages trully had the capacity to delve and strenghten it. Rex spent the most of the night, pondering over and theorizing the application and limits of his space capabilities. His new affinity with space being on the same. if not higher level than soul gave him an endless path of growth.
And his recent travel through the gate had given him a clear path to the first spell to develop. He would dedicate a few of his paralel though proceses to develop and emergency teleport, to ensure no matter where he was, his girls would always be within his reach. A monster he might be, an insatiable his appetite could be, but he was not willing to lose what he had, and to ensure their safety he would develop countless levels of protection for them.
It was around five in the morning when he left his basement, and moved to the room where Irina, Mel and Val had taken residence, and he spent a few hours ensuring they were smothered in enough attention. The trio, while not as ravenous as the twins, and bussy with running the mansion together with Izumi, would never turn down his advances and attention. None of his girls would with the exception on Eira. That angel was quite feisty. She had mellowed out a bit after all the session Rex had withe her, and now she almost didnt have to be ordered to serve him as his mere presence was often enough to have the blonde beauty leak juices a her body was getting excited and prepared for a heavenly pleasurable time. The most interesting thing with her was that once started, she became wild, her dirty talk reaching levels even the twins could not. All of her actions were focused on a single task, single purpose, and she was trying very hard to achieve it. And while Rex was tempted more than once, he had been sucsesfull in keeping himself in check. Even with all of her efforts, and regardless the amount he poured in her, he remainded in controll since he want ready yet to have little angels flying around his mansion.
He then spent a few days in the dungeon, once again increasing his stock of both earth and heaven grade meat, and reffilling the stocks of Eredar. The elf had to recently increase the price of the meat since he had recieved more and more requests, adn the onl yway to maintain his current pace was to lower the demand by higher price. During this small window of time Ven Hersts had brought their two combat slaves for branding, and Rex got it over with quite fast. His job for Rashuun was also completed once the gate to her city was completed. And they celebrated it with a proper Oyakodon. Rex spent an entire day with the twins and their mother, and to make the dish extra special they added a pinch of holy and pulled Eira in their game. That extended their session from the innitial expected half a day to full day, since in the presence of the switched Eira, the trio also stepped up their game, trying to entice Rex for the very same thing Eira was working so hard. He still held on, if barely. Returning to his routine of hunting for a day in the dungeon and spending the rest of the time with his girls, the time aproached to the completion of the gate to Al Merhad. But before that, after one of their lovemaking sessions Izumi initiated a conversation they had a while ago, that was left unfinished, since she needed some time to decide.